A Cardinals employee had to do some legwork to retrieve the ball, although it will be hard for Fitzgerald to immediately appreciate a memento from the 13-10 loss.

The 12-yard reception was Fitzgerald 67th receiving touchdown, moving him ahead of Roy Green for the most in franchise history

"The time of night now is not to reflect," Fitzgerald said after the game. "We got our hats handed to us."

Testy, testy

There were numerous minor skirmishes between the Seahawks offensive linemen and the Cardinals defensive linemen. Officials often had to separate the groups, which Cardinals end Darnell Dockett said is typical for a game in Seattle.

"They were doing the traditional stuff that they do here, and then when they go to Arizona they are usually soft as cotton," Dockett said. "So today they wanted to play hard in front of their home crowd so we knew what to expect. They did what they had to do to win the game. Can't take that from them."

Better defense

After yielding 932 yards in the first two games, the Cardinals have up 261 on Sunday. Seattle scored only one touchdown but it was enough.

The Cardinals sacked Tarvaris Jackson four times, all of them coming in the first half. The Seahawks had success with a no-huddle scheme in the second half, using it on the 72-yard touchdown drive.

"We still got pressure," said outside linebacker Joey Porter, who had a sack and two tackles for losses. "They scored one touchdown on us in the second half and only had 200 and some yards of total offense. We have up one drive."

Speaking of no huddle

The Cardinals only touchdown drive came when using the no-huddle, too.

Kevin Kolb completed all six pass attempts in the drive, including the touchdown to Fitzgerald, who caught the ball amid two defenders.

"That was our first go at it," Kolb said. "That's needs to be a big part of our offense, as you can see."

The Cardinals tried the no huddle in the second half, but couldn't sustain possession.

"We had some plays, quite frankly that we missed, some throws down the field," coach Ken Whisenhunt said.

The no-huddle is a nice change of pace, Fitzgerald said, but the Cardinals "have to be able to execute our base offense. We don't have to rely on that."

Subject to suspension?

Yahoo!Sports reported that Cardinals outside linebacker Clark Haggans is one of eight NFL players subject to suspension for violating the conduct code during the lockout.

Haggans agent, Jeff Sperbeck, said they have not been contacted by the NFL. Sperbeck said Haggans was cited for speeding in Las Vegas while rushing to attend to a family matter.

A second NFL source said Haggans is not expected to face discipline from the league.

Nice debut

Seahawks receiver Sidney Rice missed the first two games of the season with a shoulder injury. He looked healthy Sunday, catching eight passes for 109 yards.

"It's always good knowing that you have somebody like that, that you can just throw the ball up and he's going to come down with it," Jackson said.